Setti warren biography of martin

Elizabeth Warren, Democrats in Springfield heard from Newton Mayor Setti Warren, who spoke about his own biography and principles.

Warren: Born and raised in the city, I've been active as a resident for a long time.

Throughout her year career, Martin has served as a spokesperson and communications strategist for senior elected Republican leaders.

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Segun Idowu

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The Change We Need

Executive Director
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)

Please begin by telling us more about yourself. Where are you from and who inspired you to do the work you’re engaged in now?

I grew up in Boston. In terms of inspiration, my grandfather, Rev. Earl W. Lawson, had the largest influence on my life. He was a pastor in Malden at Emmanuel Baptist Church. He was very active in the Civil Rights Movement here in Boston. It wasn’t just because he was a Black man in Massachusetts that got him involved in that revolution, but also the fact that he attended Morehouse College. That’s significant because it was there that he met a fellow classmate, Martin Luther King, Jr. As a result of that friendship and that of another civil rights legend, Virgil Wood, a lieutenant of King in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Massachusetts, my grandfather became a key figure in the movement he

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Ayanna Pressley

American politician (born )

Ayanna Soyini Pressley (born February 3, ) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston, most of Cambridge, parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph, and Somerville.^[1]

Pressley served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council from through She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in after she defeated the ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democraticprimary election for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district and ran unopposed in the general election.^[2] Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts.^[3]^[4] Pressley is a member of "The Squad", a group of progressive Congress members.

Early life and education

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Michael Dukakis